Plowshare-holder.



G. M. DURNELL.

PLOWSHARE HOLDER. l APPLIOATION FILED snruzs, 190s.

920,442. Patented MayA 4, 1909.

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- plow share or the like and which will permit l nient illustrated in the accompanying drav ll l lllllillll@ STATES PATLEN OECIL M. DURNELL, OF CAMP BRANCH, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO MILTON S.

BRANCH, MISSOURI.

BOTTS, OF CAMP PLOWSHARE-HOLDER.

Speccaton of Letters Patent. Patented May 4, 1909. Application filed September 26, 1908. Serial No. 454,841. i

To all zul/m it 7n a'g/ concern:

le it known that I, Oneri. M. DURNELL, a citiI/.en ol the United States, residing at (Tanip I nch, in the county oi' Fettis and f, State ol1 Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plowsharef greater pressure upon the plow share, said. Ipivotal connection 7 being comparatively r loose so that the resilient locking member will be bowed when in its operative position, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In order to prevent the plow share from swinging around upon the stud 4, a bracing member l0 is provided. rlhe latter is in the form of a link pivoted at one end, as shown at 1l, upon the body bar 2 and provided at its other end with a stud 12 adapted to enter one of the other of the openings a iii the plow share.

In applying the invention to a plow share, the outer end of the body bar 2 is engaged with one face of the plow share and its-stud 4 inserted in one of the openings a, while the free end of the link l0 is engaged with the saine face of the share and its stud l2 arranged in one of the other oi said openings a. The resilient locking member 6 is then swung upon its pivot 7 so that its free end 8 engages the opposite face of the plow share and holds the stud 4 in the latter. When this is done, the cam projection or lug 9 will slip up upon the body bar 2 and bow the locking member 6 so that the device will more effectively retain the plow share upon it.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention provides an exceedingly simple and inexpensive device which may be quickly and easily engaged with and disengaged from a plow share or any other similar object which is to be held while being sharpened or otherwise operated upon or manipulated.

Having thus described is claimed is:

l A device ol the character described comA prising a body having a handle at one end and means at its other end to engage a seat or opening in an object, a transverse pivot on said body intermediate its ends, a locking member pivoted intermediate its ends on said pivot and adapted to swing in a plane substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the body, one end of said locking member being adapted to swing over said seat engaging means on the handle to retain an object in engagement with said means, a transversely arranged cani on the other end of said locking member to frictionally engage the body and retain said locking member in its operative position, and a brace or stay carried by the body and adapted to engage the object.

Holders, of which the following is a specii'ication, reference being` had to the accompanying dra` wings.

This invention is a device for holding plow shares or lays while being sharpened and consists oi" the n vel features of construction and the combination and arrangeinent ol' parts hereinafter fully described and cla-uned. l

rllie object of the invention is to provide I a simule, practical and inexpensive device of this character which. may be quickly and easilj. with and disengaged trom a the saine to be etlectively held while being sharpened or ground.

The above and other objects of the invention are attained in its preferred embodiings1 in which Figure l is a view showing the invention applied to a plow share, Fig. 2 is a longitudil nal section, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View l 0 of the holder removed from the plow share. In the drawings A denotes a plow share or l lay formed with the usual openings a for atl taching bolts or similar fastenings and l dey notes the improved holder. The latter coinprises a body member or bar 2 provided at one end with a 4handle 3 and at its other end with a stud 4ladapted to enter one of the openings (i in the plow share. Said handle may be termed integral with the body bar 2 but, as illustrated, it is constructed of wood and secured to the same by bolts or similar lastenings 5. The stud 4 is adapted i' to be retained in said opening in the plow l share by a resilient locking member 6 which is in the torni of a strip of resilient metal piv- J oted intermediate its ends, as at 7, upon the body bar 2 and having an end S adapted to l be swung over the plow share and the stud f l l the invention what 4 so as to retain the former upon the latter. rIhe opposite end ot the resilient loclring nicniber G is bent at right angles and has one ol its corners rounded to provide a cam 9 which engages the body bar 2 when the end 8 of the locking member is disposed over the stud 4, so as to cause said end 8 to bear with 2. A device of the character described comprising a body having a handle and means toengage a seat or opening in an object, a resilient locking member looselyfulcrumed intermediate its ends upon the body andhaving a cam projection at one end to engage the body and to bow said member, to cause its other end to engage the object and retain it upon said means,r and a braceA or stay carried by the body and adapted to engage the ob]` ect.

3. A `device ofthe character described7 Comprising a body-bar having a handle at one end and a stud at its other end, a resilient 

